Althoughmanypeoplereadonline,bookshavenotgoneoutoffashion.InBeijing,GuangzhouandShanghai,luckypassengersmayfindbookssomewhereontheunderground.
TheFair,anonlinepublishingcompany,hasput10,000booksontheunderground,planesandtaxistomakepeoplemoreinterestedinreading.Thisprojectiscalled“Mobook”.
“Mobook”getsitsideafrom“BooksontheUnderground”,acommunityprojectinLondon.Thepurposeof“BooksontheUnderground”istoencouragepeopletoreadmore.ZhangWei,theCEOoftheFairalsowantedtodosomethinginChina.HesentanemailtoMsCordeliaOxley,theleaderof“BooksontheUnderground”,describinghisplanandexplainingtherulesof“Mobook”.Theleaderrepliedtohiminjusttwohours,sayingthatshethoughttheideawasgreatandshewouldofferhelpifneeded.
But“Mobook”projectisalittledifferentfromthatinLondon.Ithasitsownonlinesystem.Peoplewhowanttodonatebooksmustgivetheirinformationonline.QRcodestickers(二维码标签)arethensenttotheiraddresses.ThebookownersshouldstickthemonthebooksbeforedonatingbooksandreaderscanknowwherethebooksarefromwiththehelpofQRcodes.
“Mobook”isahottopic.Nowthousandsofbookwormshavealreadytakenpartintheproject.ZhangWeisaid,“Iamhappytoseemoreandmorepeoplesharetheirviews(观点)aboutthebooksonlineandenjoythehappinessthatreadingbringstothem.”
根据上面短文内容回答下列问题(每小题答案不超过6个单词)。
1.HowmanybookshastheFairputontheunderground,planesandtaxis
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2.What'sthepurposeof“BooksontheUnderground”?
3.DidMsCordeliaOxleysupportZhangWei
4.WhereshouldthebookownerssticktheQRcodestickers
5.AccordingtoZhangWei,howcanpeoplesharetheirviewsaboutthebooks
Sandy的班上来了一位英国同学Benny,Sandy想向新同学介绍学校生活和中国春节,请你帮助Sandy完成这篇短文。
班级
阳光中学七年级一班
师生
友好,乐于助人,
校园周边
附近有大型购物中心,购物、吃饭、看电影等
学校生活
午餐在学校吃,饮食健康有很多俱乐部,活动丰富
中国春节
2017年的春节是1月28日……(适当发挥一到两点)
要求:1.词数100左右,开头已给出,不计人总词数。
2.所写内容必须包括表格中所有的信息,并作适当的发挥。
Hello,Benny,WelcometoSunshineMiddleSchool.__________________________________________
–Whatdoyoudo,Susan
–Iamanaccountantinaforeigncompanynow.ButI________Englishinahighschoolfor8years.
He'snotbeenbacktoEngland,____—____.HeisonavisittoShanghai.
Tomdoesn’tlikeMath.Idon’tlikeit,.
MysummerholswrCWOT:B4,WEUSED2go2NY2Cmybro,hisGFthr3:@KIDSFTF.ILNY,itsgr8.
CanyouunderstandthissentenceIfyoucan’t,don’tfeeltoobad:neithercouldthemiddleschoolteacherinEnglandwhoreceivedthisashomework.ThisisNetspeak:thelanguageofcomputerizedcommunicationfoundonInternetorcellphones.Tonewcomers,itcanlooklikeacompletelyforeignlanguage.So,whatisthe"translationofthesentenceaboveMysummerholidayswereacompletewasteoftime.Before,weusedtogotoNewYorktoseemybrotherhisgirlfriend,andtheirthreescreamingkidsfacetoface.IloveNewYork,it’sgreat.
SchoolteachersandparentssaythisnewformofwritingisharmingtheEnglishlanguage.Increasingspellingandgrammaticalmistakescanbeseeninstudents'writing.Theyfearthelanguagecouldbecomecorrupted(面目全非的).
Everyoneshouldjustrelax,saylinguists(语言学家).TheybelieveNetspeakisinfactmoreofagoodthing.DavidCrystal,fromtheUniversityofWales,arguesthatNetspeakandInternetcreateanewlanguageuseandthealmostlostartofdiarywritinghasbeenpickedupagain.GeoffreyNunberg,fromStanfordUniversity,agrees."Peoplegetbetteratwritingbywriting,"hesays."Kidswhoarenowdoingtextmessaging,e-mail,andinstantmessageswillwriteatleastaswellas,andpossiblybetterthan,theirparents.”
LinguistJamesMilroysays,forcenturies,itisbelievedwithoutexceptionthatyoungpeopleareharmingthelanguage.Andyoucanbetyourbottomdollarthatwhentoday’steenagersbecometomorrowsparents,theytoowillthinkthisway.Milroyarguesthatlanguagesdonotandcannotbecome"corrupted",theysimplychangetomeetthenewneeds
However,NetspeakersdoagreethatitisimportanttoteachyoungpeoplehowtospeakandwriteStandard(/E)English.CynthiaMeVeysays,IcanunderstandNetspeakworriesteachersandit'simportantthattheygetacrosstotheirpupilsthattextmessagingisforfun,butthatlearningtowriteproperEnglishisamustfortheirfuture.”
Perhaps,weshouldgiveteenagersalittlemoretrustanyway.Erin,age12,says,"Iwouldn’tusetextlanguageinmyhomework.Textisjustforfun.”
1.Whatisthemainpurposeofthefirstparagraph
A.Togiveanexampleofaforeignlanguage.
B.Toshowanexampleofcreativemethod
C.ToexpressworriesaboutusingNetspeak.
D.TostartthetopicofNetspeakthroughanexample.
2.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage
A.CynthiaMcVeypointsoutteenagerscandealwithNetspeakproperly
B.GeoffreyNunbergbelievesNetspeakerscanwriteStandardEnglish
C.DavidCrystalthinksNetspeakhelpsdevelopthehabitofwriting
D.JamesMilroysaysthatlanguageischangingandimproving
3.Theexpression"betyourbottomdollar"inparagraphmeans__________.
4.Whatcanbethebesttitleforthepassage
A.Netspeak:AWidely-usedLanguageonInternet
B.NetspeakHarmingtheEnglishLanguage
C.IsNetspeakHelpfulinLanguageLearning
D.Netspeak:AdvantagesandDisadvantages
Aftersometime,anotherofficialclimbeduptotheplatformandspoketome.FromhissignsIunderstoodthattheyweregoingtomoveme.TheKingofthiscountry(whichwascalledLilliput)hadorderedhispeopletocarrymetothecapitalcity,aboutakilometreaway.Imadesignstoaskwhether(是否)Icouldbeuntied,buttheofficialpolitelysaid“No”.WhileIwaseatingbread,aplatformhadbeenpreparedtocarryme.ThepeopleofLilliput,knownastheLilliputians,areverycleverwiththeirhands.Forme,fivehundredmenbuiltaspecialwoodenplatformwithtwenty-twowheels.Ninehundredofthestrongestmenworkedforaboutthreehourstoliftmeontotheplatform,andonethousandfivehundredoftheKing'slargesthorses(eachelevenandahalfcentimetreshigh)pulledmetothecapital.Ididnotknowaboutanyofthis,becausetheyhadputasleepingpowderinmywine,andIwasinadeepsleep.
(AnExtractfromAvoyagetoLilliput)
1.Thisismostprobably.
2.Whowastherulerofthiscountry
3.Accordingto(根据)theextract,whatdidtheLilliputiansdowith“I”
作文
请你以Danny的身份给Jenny写一封信,介绍你自己和你家人的情况。你可以谈谈他们的工作和他们所喜欢的食品。信的开头和末尾已经给出。你需要用下面的提示词:family,happy,teacher,doctor,fish,chicken,vegetables。要求60-70词。
DearJenny,
I’mDanny,I’mfromCanada._________________________________________________